“Chinatsu joins tennis team to chase crush Kasai, faces rejection and bullying, but persists for love.”
Natural Bitter Chocolate
天然ビターチョコレート
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Chinatsu joins tennis team to chase crush Kasai, faces rejection and bullying, but persists for love.
When Chinatsu falls in love, she falls in love hard. Her current crush is the boys' tennis team ace Kasai-senpai, whom she has liked ever since she saw him on her first day of high school. She joins the girls' tennis team in hopes of getting closer to him, but not only does it turn out that practice is grueling, but Kasai-senpai almost immediately tells her he has no special feelings for her. On top of that, his girlfriend bullies her regularly for getting in her way. But, as Chinatsu's childhood friend Iku says, love earned easily is boring...right?
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A Manga Publication
- Format 12 × 3 ch × vol
- Total read 1h 36m approx
- Published Jan 2001 – Jan 2002
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M7018 catalog